Sourdough Baguette
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? Feeding, measuring, mixing, autolyse, slap and fold, stretch and fold, bulk ferment, dividing, rounding, resting, shaping, proofing, retarding, developing, heating, steaming, baking, cooling and eventually nourishing.? Enjoying every step and moment of this bread making and baking journey.? Baking in progress The thin crust encasing a shiny, gelatinous crumb Sourdough Baguettemakes 4 x 215g baguette (weight before baking)Ingredients:424g bread flour21g whole wheat flour289g water156g mature le...
Hazelnut Sourdough Cruffins
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This made a real, good treat for my weekend breakfast. It was assembled the evening before and left overnight in the fridge to develop. An early morning bake ushered in a delicious start to my weekend. Layers upon layers... A quick way of making the laminated dough (layers of real butter and yeast dough) makes the process fast and enjoyable. ? Cruffin = Crossiant + Muffin The bake had a buttery shattering crust that gave way to a moist and tender crumb, layered with hazelnut goodness. Hazelnut S...
Apple Cake
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Beauty is in the simple things. It is how a feel about this simple cake. Simple to make with no fuss in its presentation. Full of apple goodness and tasted even better the next day.? It is naturally sweetened by the apples and the substitution of? part of the sugar with unrefined raw sugar, gave it a Christmas fruit cake kind of complex sweetness. The cake is dairy free as cooking oil rather than butter was used, another no fuss feature in the making of this cake.? The toasted walnut definitely ...
50% Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread
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? Sourdough bread baking have become a weekly routine ever since I started my naturally leaven bread journey a year ago. I will try to bake at least 2 loaves of the bread weekly for my family and every bake is a learning experience. There are many health benefits that comes with consuming breads that are made with sourdough yeast and these healthy breads are full on flavour and texture. In the bread making process, the bread is given a long and slow fermentation process for the natural yeast to ...
Sourdough Gula Melaka (Coconut Palm Sugar) Cinnamon Rolls
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Gula Melaka (coconut palm) is a type of palm sugar made from boiling down sap obtained from flowering spike or tapping the palm trees. It is widely used in South East Asia in cooking and baking.? There are similarities in the process of making maple syrup and palm sugar. The palm sap is boiled down to a syrup and sold as it is or allowed to crystallize into various shapes and sizes. Over the Christmas period, I have seen many food blogs that used sourdough to make cinnamon rolls and they looked ...
Pooh Bear Cheese Tart
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Piglet: "How do you spell love?"Pooh: "You don't spell it - you feel it." Cheese tarts that will melt your heart. It did for me. Too cute to be eaten.? ? This one looked worried. This one looked determined. ? Make some and enjoy with people dear to you. Happy Valentine's day! Pooh Bear Cheese Tarts (makes 12 tarts - 7cm in diameter) Ingredients:? Tart shell:270g organic unbleached all purpose flour 3 Tbsp icing sugar 136g unsalted butter, cold 1/4 tsp salt 2 - 4 Tbsp milk, cold Cheese Filling: (...
Cup-a-do-da-doo! Candied Orange Mini Rooster Cupcakes
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This was my girl's last baking project with me before her school reopens for a new academic year. As the lunar new year fast approaches, this is the year of the rooster, she caught sight of cakes and cookies that were decorated with the rooster motif and requested to make some mini cupcakes and decorate it with simple ingredients to welcome the year of the Rooster. The cupcakes were made with a simple vanilla, Greek yogurt batter with candied orange mixed in, followed by dipping the top of the c...
15 Minute Roasted Tomato Salsa
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Today was a perfect Salsa and Chips Day in Washington, D.C. What do I mean by that?? The kind of day when I want to snack a lot, and don
Broccoli
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I started having to really actually feed myself during law school. My apartment in Ivy Gardens in Charlottesville, Virginia, is where I had 3 friends over for what I guess was my first real dinner party, of my mom
Cider Brined Roasted Chicken with Cider ...
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Cider season is in full swing, and I am reposting this oldie but goodie from? May 2013.? Five and a half years later, I wanted to re-share this fun fall recipe, with a few adjustments and lots of new photos.? I was so intimidated by the thought of cooking a whole chicken
Grilled Brie with Fig and Strawberry Top...
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Winner: Easiest, prettiest, most impressive appetizer. Also Winner: Least planned blog post. The week before Labor Day, I headed back to my family
